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Chicago Cubs Turn Things Around On Reds

The Chicago Cubs finally did it. They beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-7 in a contest that saw them down by five runs going into the fourth inning but then El Mago, Javier Baez, hit a a game tying RBI single and the “Never quit kids” launched their comeback.

“That’s what we do,” Baez said. “That’s what we do, we fight to the end. We’ve been coming back since 2016, we’ve been doing this. We just have to realize who we have in our lineup. It doesn’t matter how many runs we’re down. I think we can do a lot of damage if we turn the page to the next guy.”

I’m not sure if it’s what they do or they’re just a damn good ball club but one thing is for certain that good teams find ways to win and even though the Cubs had a tough April, and yeah, you better believe I was one of those fans that had their doubts about this club, they’re looking like that team from a couple of years ago.

The downside to the victory occurred when Tyler Chatwood got a big Boo from the crowd, I know that delivering as many walks as he does, it’s bound to take its toll on everyone but man, it’s going to be tough for him to rebound from his shaky season.

“You never want to hear that,” Joe Maddon said. “I understand when the fans get frustrated. When you’re sitting in the dugout and know the guy as well as you do, it’s frustrating to us. He’ll tell you he probably thought he might have deserved it. Heck, I’ve gotten booed taking pitchers out of games, I’ve gotten booed walking out to take a pitcher out of a game. I think it means somebody cares.”

That’s a good way of spinning it, but Chatwood has been less than stellar this season.

So on July 17th, the MLB All Star game happens at National Park in Washington. The pomp and pageantry go along with it but is it time to make it count again? I’m glad it doesn’t count for home field anymore that was ridiculous and we all know the Cubs were robbed in 2016 but I’m a huge fan of the game and if they got away from fan voting and stuck to just picking the players on statistics alone, would that be more relevant? Or what if they just had a couple of players chosen by fans only? One thing is for certain, Javier Baez will be there.

“How could you not have him on the All-Star team? How could you not want him on the All-Star team? That’s what we’re attempting to showcase Major League Baseball-wise to draw young fans into the game are players like Javy. He has mass appeal. People want to see Javy at this game. They see him in the World Baseball Classic and he’s very popular there. I have to believe, I want to believe, he’ll get on that team somehow. You can look at numbers all you want, but that’s what people want to see, they want to see Baez play baseball.” Maddon said.